diff --git a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
index 088767531a..df82c70b8b 100644
--- a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
+++ b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/iot": "^2.0.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "mqtt": "^4.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.0.0"
   },